Linus Upson, Google's vice-president of engineering, announced a new protection in a blog post last week that asks users to reset their account if Chrome's system detected a potential hacker.

The tech giant revealed that Chrome users' number-one complaint is hackers attempting to change their settings by tricking them to download malware — that is, software from untrusted sources with nefarious purposes.

Malware makes it impossible to revert back to the browser's original settings, Upson said in the post.